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Definition: FOXFISH

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The fox shark; -- called also sea fox.[Websters]
2. The european dragonet.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Foxfish" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)


Extended Definition: FOXFISH

Foxfish

Foxfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Bodianus
Species: B. frenchii
Binomial name
Bodianus frenchii
(Klunzinger, 1880)

The foxfish, Bodianus frenchii, is a wrasse of the genus Bodianus, found in south western Western Australia to east South Australia, and from southern Queensland to eastern Tasmania, at depths of between 10 and 40 metres. Its length is up to 45 cm.

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Foxfish". Image Credit.
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Translations: FOXFISH

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Japanese フォックス魚 (Foxfish). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Foxfish. (volunteer & more translations)
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